Community Corrections
Description of Department
Parole & Probation Office: This office supervises offenders placed on supervision to ensure their compliance with the conditions imposed by the Court or Parole Board.
Mission Statement
To create a safer community, and reduce criminal behavior and drug and alcohol addiction and abuse, by promoting positive change in individuals through a combination of program services, supervision, and sanctions.
What is Community Corrections?
Community Corrections is a partnership between the Oregon Department of Corrections and Wasco County that serves to provide a cost-effective means to hold offenders accountable while assisting them through the process of changing their criminal behavior. Statewide, community corrections agencies manage over 32,000 offenders who have been placed under supervision by the Oregon State Circuit Courts (probation) or the State of Oregon's "Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision". Since 1997, each county in Oregon is locally responsible for the management of parole and probation offenders release from custody residing within the county.
Staff:
Robert V. Martin, Director
Beth Morgan, Office Specialist II
Chris Kipper, Probation/Parole Officer
Ashley Handley, Probation/Parole Officer
Shawn Sorensen , Probation/Parole Officer